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How a Remote Alaskan Indian Tribe Got One of the Most Lucrative Post-911 Security Contracts, But Not a Single Job
Contract Casino
By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR
The Pentagon isn't alone in handing out plump no-bid contracts to politically wired corporations. The new Department of Homeland Security, a collage of 22 sub-agencies sprawling across the federal bureaucracy, is sluicing billions into the coffers of a few favorite contractors and many of the deals have been awarded on the same no-bid basis that brought such amazing largesse to corporations doing business in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as Bechtel and Halliburton.
http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair03222006.html
Islamic charity director's attorney says office secretly searched
PORTLAND, Ore. - The attorney representing a fugitive Saudi national accused of tax charges involving an Islamic charity said Tuesday he believes his office was secretly searched as part of an international terrorism investigation.
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=84339
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A&M picks possible biolab site
Texas A&M University could know as early as July whether it will make the cut to potentially be home to a one-of-a-kind defense center that would help guard the nation against bioterrorism and agriculture threats, officials said Tuesday.
President Robert Gates and other high-ranking A&M officials held two public forums to announce the university's plans to seek a $450 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security that would be used to build the 500,000-square-foot National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility on 30 acres.
http://www.theeagle.com/stories/032206/am_20060322001.php